For more than two decades, legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greats—Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and hundreds of relentless competitors in sports, business, and every walk of life—and made them greater. Now, for the first time ever, he reveals what it takes to achieve total mental and physical dominance, showing you how to be relentless and achieve whatever you desire.
Direct, blunt, and brutally honest,Grover breaks down what it takes to be unstoppable: you keep going when everyone else is giving up, you thrive under pressure, you never let your emotions make you weak. In “The Relentless 13,” he details the essential traits shared by the most intense competitors and achievers in sports, business, and all walks of life. Relentless shows you how to trust your instincts and get in the Zone; how to control and adapt to any situation; how to find your opponent’s weakness and attack. Grover gives you the same advice he gives his world-class clients—“don’t think”—and shows you that anything is possible. Packed with previously untold stories and unparalleled insight into the psyches of the most successful and accomplished athletes of our time, Relentless shows you how even the best get better . . . and how you can too.
Not a lot of
Unnecessary fluff
It took me to action, gives beautiful examples on how your mind and way of thinking should change to become great at what you do
Truly inspirational.
I went ahead and ordered Winning. Equally as important of book you won't want to miss either of these nugget books.
Explains so much.
It’s more than basketball... trust me
While sports is the main go-to for explanations, you can still see through the concepts and apply it to your aspirations. Not much jargon and I rarely had to look up such on the internet.
Few critics say Grover being braggy. It may seem so, I feel he wanted to write and autobiography and a self help books but combined both concepts to the book called "Relentless."
The term, "dark side," is nothing un-Christian like. Moreover, look past the concept if it truly makes one feel uncomfortable because there's a bigger picture than that one area.
The best takeaway, this book made me understand and respect athletes. I never respected them during high school because I saw many as douchebags who push around little guys like me. But I understood their core drive. How athletics push individuals, men and women, to become Cleaners. Remarkable people above average.
Again, nearly all his statements and opinions are evidence-based and if you are a sports fan looking for some great inspiration, I believe this book will definitely help.
I still believe it gets 5 stars because I didn’t want to put it down.
I picked it up because it’s one of Brad Lea’s Closer School recommended books, and I would like to join him and the hundreds of others recommending this. Read it. Let it into your heart and head, and let Tim Grover’s words drive you harder than ever before.
I’m a small forward for the girls varsity basketball team at my school. I did in fact play varsity my freshman year not only lettering, but also starting 99% of the games(only not starting when I was “ineligible”).
I started with four seniors, three of which had incredible talent. You can already see how I might have been a little intimidated.
I like to think i have pretty good skills. I ended the season averaging about 7 points a game, when I was only supposed to be a fifth person on the court.( I know it’s not really that impressive). The entire season I struggled to maintain my dominance on the court always being pushed down by the seniors. It got to the point where I was yelling at my teammates and referees on the court. It left me somewhat scarred and unable to return to the game I had originally came in with.
My mental game was destroyed even more than it already was. I have been repeatedly scolded by my couch in my summer league about my attitude and body language towards my teammates.
It’s hard to change who you are. It’s hard to suppress your anger when your teammates have no interest in winning. Right now we are 0-6 in a freaking summer league. I’ve been told by every adult in my life that I need to be a leader, but how can you be a leader when nobody listens and your coach constantly shuts you down?
This book has taught me that I don’t need to change who I am. I’m not broken. I’m not somebody who has to suppress their feelings to make everybody else happy. Tim Grover has written a book that tells people like me that who I am is my greatest asset. I should channel the anger I get while playing into my game. If my teammate misses a shot I should get the rebound and put it back up. If they turn the ball over I need to be the first one back on defense to stop the fast break.
This book is a work of gold. It’s not a self help book if that’s what you’re looking for. It’s not going to give you step by step details of how to be the best. Grover explains his experiences training the best of the best and how he helped them get there. He gave us a blueprint for success and invited us to take the journey needed to make it. I highly suggest you purchase this book.
Sorry if it’s a bit too TMI. I felt that I needed to really explain why and how this book impacted me. I hope that if you decide to purchase the book you succeed in whatever you’re striving for and I hope you’re ready to put in the work to make it happen.
If after reading this book you don’t feel like everything is possible, every dream you hold so close to you is reachable, if these book doesn’t make you jump out your seat and run after everything you wanted to do, go see a doctor because there must be something wrong with you! I could barely sit down and read this book, I had to read it standing up because I couldn’t be still, it is that powerful. Go get yours!
Got the book, the book is GREAT!! Tons of insightful stuff on what makes a relentless champion, lots of great stuff on what makes MJ, Kobe and Wade tick and any other 'Cleaners' for that matter, (you'll know that term if you get the book)
There is just so many good nuggets in this book it's hard to list everything
One thing that really struck me was the fact that everyone has a 'dark' side and 'Cleaners' refuse to teach it to be good!!
Also, another thing that struck me was the fact that 'cleaners' never show any weakness, or hardly ever. I think back to when MJ was playing, not very often did you ever visibly see his 'cage rattled' ever, whether he was tired or let anyone shake him mentally
I would recommend this book to just about anyone wanting to get inside the head of the mega-successful athletes
Get the book!!
This book will highlight what you always felt, but was taught to disregard. The sad reality is, everyone wants you to be safe. We live in a world of safe. Comfort is a drug. And it is also a cage. You know what you want. You know what you need. Go out and be what you are made to be. Relentless.
This book made me have a new respect for excellence and especially elite athletes in the NBA...it looks easy on TV but these guys train like Navy Seals...some maybe even harder....
The book has several stories mostly about Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwayne Wade, all which were trained by the author to be physically and even more, mentally tough. The book is mostly focused around basketball, though i do remember the author talking about Tiger Woods at one point in the book. The author does mention players other than those three named above. In many parts of the book he compares what the "Cleaners" (Jordan, Bryant, Wade) would do vs. everyone else. He compares what it means to be Good, Great, and Unstoppable and uses different athletes and specific situations as examples
This is one of the best books i have read on motivation in a long time. I will say that it doesn't necessarily read like a how to book but it will give you the mindset you truly need to become relentless and unstoppable
You can also check out Tai Lopez on youtube. He is where i found out about the book. If you type in "Tai Lopez Tim Grover" on youtube, it will pull up a video where Tai has a phone interview with the author(Tim Grover) and talks about some behind the scenes stuff of the players he trained
If you're already motivated, you know what you want, you have set your goals, then this book will help you get to where you need to be. It will eliminate self imposed "limits" you may have placed on yourself and it will make you reach your highest potential.
If you are not motivated, need guidance, or need some sort of direction but are ready and willing (motivated) to make a change, then this book will help you get there.
The book has examples of 3 different types of people you can be in this world and uses antidotes from his personal experiences with MJ23, Kobe, and Wade. From reading the book you will get an idea of how they think and how they act and all of the sacrifices needed to be made to be successful.
For those that gave this book one star or two, they were not in the right head space to read this. This is not an autobiography of Jordan, Kobe, or Wade. It simply details the blueprint of their thought process in conjunction with their needs to be achieve their goals and success and even more importantly, their desire to set newer goals and reach even higher levels of success and the sacrifices needed to achieve these results.
When I started my new position as an entertainment attorney at a production company, I had very little training and was expected to run the entire company. I was motivated but also terrified having to deal with high level executives, lawyers, producers, agents, etc. I knew that that fear could get me fired real quick. Luckily, I found this book just in the nick of time and used the teachings, examples to will myself to be the best.
Needless to say, I killed it, I set goals and achieved them all and you will too ..
Sometimes I'd question my competitive feelings as civil life often reinforces "be nice" over "be a relentless competitor". I feel more at ease knowing there are other competitors out there that feel the same as me.
People who don't "get it" won't "get it". This book isn't for everyone. Nature vs. Nurture aside, I don't know if you can teach/parent/coach someone into being a Cleaner if they're not passionately competitive. However, I bet it'd be useful for parents trying to understand/connect with their kids if they are competitive and the parent is not.
The book details 13 characteristics shared by some of the greatest athletes of all time. These traits can be applied to athletics, the business world, school or anything else you do in life. It teaches you how to trust your instincts and get in the zone, control and adapt to any situation, and how to find your opponent's weaknesses and ATTACK.
It's very interesting to learn what Grover has taught and learned from working with the greats over the last 20 years. Rare behind the scenes stories of training Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwyane Wade are entertaining to read. Highly recommend this great book.
Don't expect a how-to guide on becoming relentless. Don't expect a book with many examples using science or real-world instances. This book runs like a diary. And it is obviously one perspective from a successful person on the nature of achievers. But I give it 5 stars because it does its job well and because it remains interesting and engaging until the end.
The one thing I noticed grover didn't talk about much though was having love for what you do. I may just not be remembering the part of the book where he did, but I say that because we've seen so many interviews with mj and kobe where so often they speak on "love for the game", so I was surprised it wasn't mentioned in the book as much (again, he may have said it and I just don't remember)
Overall, great read. Highly recommend.